The Rinzai school (臨済宗;
Japanese: Rinzai-shū,
Chinese: línjì zōng) is one of the three
Japanese . Rinzai is the Japanese line of the
Chinese Linji school, which was founded during the
Tang Dynasty by
Linji Yixuan (
Japanese:
Rinzai Gigen). Though there were several attempts to establish Rinzai lines in Japan, it first took root in a lasting way through the efforts of the monk
Myōan Eisai, following his return from China in 1191. Eisai is thus usually credited with the transmission of Rinzai to Japan. The school may be said to have truly flowered, and achieved a distinctly Japanese identity, with Shuho Myocho (Daito Kokushi, 1283-1337) and
Muso Soseki (1275-1351), influential masters that did not travel to China to study.
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